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6 ps2pdf - Convert PostScript to PDF using ghostscript
7 ps2pdf12 - Convert PostScript to PDF 1.2 (Acrobat 3-and-later compati‐
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9 ps2pdf13 - Convert PostScript to PDF 1.3 (Acrobat 4-and-later compati‐
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13 ps2pdf [options...] {input.[e]ps|-} [output.pdf|-]
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18 The ps2pdf scripts are work-alikes for nearly all the functionality
19 (but not the user interface) of Adobe's Acrobat(TM) Distiller(TM) prod‐
20 uct: they convert PostScript files to Portable Document Format (PDF)
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23 If the output filename is not specified, the output is placed is a file
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28 The three scripts differ as follows:
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30 - ps2pdf12 will always produce PDF 1.2 output (Acrobat 3-and-later
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36 - ps2pdf per se currently produces PDF 1.4 output. However, this
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41 There are some limitations in ps2pdf's conversion. See the HTML docu‐
42 mentation for more information. A large number of Adobe Distiller(TM)
43 parameters which can be used to control the conversion are also docu‐
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48 The ps2pdf scripts use the same options as gs(1).
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51 Converting a figure.ps to figure.pdf:
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57 ps2pdf -dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress figure.ps proof.pdf
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68 See http://bugs.ghostscript.com/ and the Usenet news group
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72 This document was last revised for Ghostscript version 8.71.
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75 Artifex Software, Inc. are the primary maintainers of Ghostscript.
76 This manpage by George Ferguson.
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